To celebrate it being 1 year since Wally West came back into the DC universe and since Wally west is replacing Barry in the CW show, why don't I story time the start of Wally's start as Kid Flash. Which is also the start of Waids Flash run which is considered by most to be the peak of The Flash series to many.
The Flash by Mark Waid Storytime
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Justin Lewis
I always love seeing it when the comics shows things in The Flashes perception of time.
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Kayden Thompson
So is there anyone on Sup Forums who hasn't read Waid's run yet?
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Asher Howard
Also a good way to remember how Waid used to be able to read
Carter White
I've read as far as when Morrison/Millar took over but still haven't gotten to Chain Lightning, Future Flash stuff yet.
Colton Fisher
>read
Write. Shit I guess I can't either anymore
Henry Rivera
I never read any of Waids newer stuff. I was going to but got told they weren't good at all. Honestly Waid is my favorite DC writer given what I have read from him and I don't want that tarnished.
Justin Morgan
I encourage everyone reading here to generally also go back and read the Baron and WML runs because it's very good long term character development. You miss some of that if you jump in here, though you should be fine starting here anyway.
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Charles Phillips
This is why I think Flash will always work best in comic form.
In TV or film you're either showing how fast he's going from the perspective of an outside viewer, in which case you can't tell what he's doing, or from the perspective of the Flash himself in slow motion, in which case you don't really get a sense of how fast he is.
Comics being a series of still images lets your mind create both.
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Jeremiah Morgan
>Barry will never be your Uncle that saves you from your bad parents as a father figure
Sebastian Howard
His Daredevil and Hulk were both good, it's his most recent couple series that really went off the rails. I attribute it to the "Slott Effect" of obsession with what people are saying about you on Twitter and the internet causing your writing to turn to shit.
His Archie stuff also is not bad but that's pretty subjective for most people.
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Ethan Jenkins
End of issue one.
For those interested I made a Flash retrospective video to celebrate Free comic book day youtube.com
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Start of Chapter 2.
Noah Butler
Early Waid Wally is quite a bit different from modern Matured Wally. It's something you only notice I think when you switch from one to the other.
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Sebastian Morgan
It's a lot more noticeable if you read through from Wolfman, Baron, and WML.
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Mason Walker
Yeah I agree. Luckily I never felt like it was a sudden character change but instead a natural progression.
Levi Myers
On top of that it's hard to say where someone should start. I think most will start with Waids run because it has the Year One and is the most iconic.
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Jeremiah Morales
Cool.
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Brandon Brooks
Thanks for the storytime, OP. My grandpa bought this story for me at the convenience store when I was 10. Back then, I read it every day, one of my most read comics from that time along with Morrisons JLA.
Oh man, how things that lie 20 years back can be so vivid again with just a glimpse of a comic book cover.
Brayden Russell
Thats pretty cool to hear about. I actually started
reading comics when I was a teen on Sup Forums getting reading storytimes. Now I buy books for my friends to try to get them into it.
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Jose Rivera
That's it for now. Chapter 3 tomorrow. I figured if anons wanted to know why Wally has a decently sized Fanbase here this would be a good place to start.
Logan Price
>not starting with Messner-Loebs run
pleb
Hunter Morris
I bet there is. This place has all kinds of anons.
Wyatt Fisher
I'm new to DC in general, and I'm really enjoying this
Eli Morgan
Now I guess they're two boys and one girl in the Iris family. Charlotte doesn't exist, right?
This time I'm quoting the right pic
Blake Lee
I hate how they brought Iris back using some BS time travel stuff. Honestly she and Barry should have stayed dead.
Wyatt Flores
That hyperbolic-for-defusing speech is why I liked Waid's Flash.
Imprisoned.
Lucas Parker
this and watchmen are the exact style id like to learn to draw but goddammit it's hard.
anyone else prefer the simple panel layout and coloring to current styles?
David Brooks
i havent but id love to. this looks great. i might pick up some kind of collected volume of his work.
Luis Foster
Barry... Barry is experimenting with his nephew.
Man, that's... somehow fitting.
Jackson Martin
Thanks OP
Connor Martinez
thanks OP
James Thompson
There's some beautiful foreshadowing in this damn run. I didn't even realize it now because I never went back to read Born to Run again (always thought it was a forgettable origin story) but even now you can see Waid teasing stuff for the future.
Wyatt King
Yeah. Not that Charlotte mattered though.
Though Iris is no longer adopted so I guess that's something for the west family?
But poor Ira got retconned out to give Iris and Daniel an abusive father and horrible childhood. Fucking comic books, man.
Jace Barnes
Thank you, user. I am largely ignorant of this era.
Jaxson Thompson
>His Daredevil and Hulk were both good,
Really? I thought his Hulk wasn't that good. His Daredevil wasn't as bad as some people on Sup Forums make it out to be but it did feel like it was winding down in the last year or so.
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Jackson Price
This.
Brayden Bell
Good thing Waids flash volume one just came out then.